A UNLV Research Week and Hispanic Heritage Month Event

When

Campus Location

Office/Remote Location

Greenspun Hall auditorium, first floor lobby.

Description

Join the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs and the University Libraries in recognizing the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada oral history project. The student-led project now has KUNV Radio podcast that features interviews with dozens of Nevada Latinx community. Three members of the Latinx community will join student historians in a live panel discussion at the event.

1 p.m. Reception

1:30 p.m. Panel

The student historians are:

Monserrath Hernandez

Nathalie Martinez

Elsa Lopez

The panelists are:

Cisco Aguilar, Chairman, Cristo Rey St. Viator High School

Tom Rodriguez, Hispanic Historian/Author/Activist

Jocelyn Cortez, immigration lawyer

Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada interview transcripts are housed in UNLV Special Collections and Archives and will be made accessible online through the UNLV Libraries website. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP at: https://cal.library.unlv.edu/event/5627403